
Morris Mishkin is a elderly religious Jew in New York. His wife Fanny is very ill. He's a tailor, but he can't work because his back has given out. He doesn't even have enough money for Fanny's medicine. Finally, a black fellow appears from nowhere in the Mishkin kitchen. He says he's an angel from God, sent to help Mishkin. The black angel is even Jewish, named Alex Levine? But will Morris believe in the angel? And can the angel perform the miracle that he promises?... (Full plot summary below)
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Morris Mishkin is a elderly religious Jew in New York. His wife Fanny is very ill. He's a tailor, but he can't work because his back has given out. He doesn't even have enough money for Fanny's medicine. Finally, a black fellow appears from nowhere in the Mishkin kitchen. He says he's an angel from God, sent to help Mishkin. The black angel is even Jewish, named Alex Levine? But will Morris believe in the angel? And can the angel perform the miracle that he promises?
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| Cleveland PressTony MastroianniEven in a time when ambiguity is fashionable the vagueness of most of this picture is more boring than interesting. |
| User ReviewMichael TThis movie is pretty morbid and kinda makes you feel sympathy for the older Jewish man because of how angry and bitter he is. Also God sent him an angel to answer his questions and he refused him because he happened to be a black man. I like this one b/c it makes you think about the people that come into your life bearing a message and how often times we take those people for granted because of our judgments. |
| User ReviewGregg DJewish, racially charged version of "Highway to Heaven," or IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE--but weird, pessimistic, and ambiguous about faith. Well directed by Jan Kadar. I love United Artists-distributed films of this era. |
| User ReviewJames HTalky and a bit preachy, also claustraphobic. It is not a particularly cheery film. The performances by Ida Kaminska and Zero Mostel are terrific however. Interesting, but not the kind of film you wwould want to watch over and over again. |